Texas
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First sexually transmitted Zika virus case confirmed in Texas
World | Feb 03, 2016, 02:47 PM ISTTexas: Health officials confirmed that a man in Texas contracted the Zika virus through sexual transmission in the first case the U.S. has seen on its shores since the virus recently began to sweep across
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Texas toddler dies after siblings put her in oven
World | Nov 26, 2015, 11:54 AM ISTTexas: A toddler left alone with her pre-school siblings in their Texas home suffered fatal burns after they put her in the oven and switched it on, US media reported.J'Zyra Thompson, 19 months, was left
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Up to 87 percent migrants could stay in US: Study
World | Jul 24, 2015, 09:00 AM ISTWashington: Up to 87 percent of undocumented immigrants would be able to remain in the US if the executive action measures on immigration taken by President Barack Obama are implemented without modifications, according to a
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White cop assaults black teenagers in US, suspended
World | Jun 08, 2015, 02:29 PM ISTHouston: A white police officer in the US state of Texas who was seen manhandling a group of black children, including a minor girl, at a party has been suspended.Corporal Eric Casebolt was seen pulling
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At least nine dead in shootout in Texas
World | May 18, 2015, 10:09 AM ISTWashington: At least nine people were kiled and 18 injured in a shootout between rival biker gangs in Texas' Waco city on Sunday afternoon, police said on Monday.The shootout occurred in a parking lot between
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Is Barack Obama planning to 'invade' Texas?
World | May 12, 2015, 10:22 AM ISTWashington: American politics can sometimes border on the bizarre. Conspiracy theorists would have one believe that Democratic President Barack Obama is hatching a secret plot to invade the Republican-ruled southern American state of Texas and
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White House says 'too early' to link Islamic State to Texas attack
World | May 06, 2015, 07:17 AM ISTWashington: The White House on Tuesday said it was too early to link the Islamic State group to an attack in Texas targeting an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed organized by an anti-Muslim
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Shooting at Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, 2 gunmen killed
World | May 04, 2015, 08:48 AM ISTGarland (Texas): Two armed men who opened fire on a security officer outside of a provocative contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad have been killed, authorities in the Dallas suburb of Garland said
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Shooting at Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas
World | May 04, 2015, 07:35 AM ISTGarland (Texas): A provocative contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a Dallas suburb was put on lockdown after authorities reported a shooting outside the building.An officer dressed in SWAT gear took the
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Texas executes man for police officer's 2002 shooting death
World | Apr 10, 2015, 08:36 AM ISTHuntsville, Texas: Prison officials on Thursday executed a man convicted in the slaying of a Dallas-area police officer during a 2002 shootout that followed the killing of a customer outside a convenience store.Kent Sprouse, 42,
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This head-butting cat-fight inside Walmart store will leave you in splits!
Mouthful | Feb 15, 2015, 06:38 PM ISTTwo ladies have made themselves a viral sensation on the social networks, all thanks to their sensational ‘cat fight' inside the Walmart store.Recorded on the mobile camera, the incident video featuring a tax worker and
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Family that hosted Ebola patient confined to home
World | Oct 03, 2014, 08:28 AM ISTDallas: Four members of a family the U.S. Ebola patient was staying with were confined to their Texas home under armed guard Thursday as the circle of people possibly exposed to the virus widened, while
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SpaceX breaks ground on Texas rocket launch site
World | Sep 23, 2014, 07:18 AM ISTBROWNSVILLE, Texas: The commercial rocket launches that could begin as early as 2016 in the southernmost tip of Texas will be a critical step toward one day establishing a human presence on Mars, SpaceX founder
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Bomb scare causes evacuation in US school
World | May 01, 2014, 11:10 AM ISTHouston, US: Students and staff were evacuated from a high school in the US state of Texas Wednesday after a bomb threat on the campus, a media report said. Police with sniffer dogs searched the
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Watch pics: Baker Hotel, the most haunted place in Texas
World | Mar 17, 2014, 06:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: Fond of horror and creepy movies? Do you like haunted stuff? Then dare to go to this hotel in Texas which has been tagged ‘haunted' since 1972.The 14 storey Baker hotel is in
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Know more about the Salt Palace of Grand Saline, Texas
World | Nov 01, 2013, 06:51 AM ISTTexas, US: Grand Saline is an unusual town of Texas, sitting on top of a massive lode of natural salt, estimated at 16,000 feet deep. Civil War era saltworks were used by the Confederates, and
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Hasan silent so far amid Fort Hood shooting trial
World | Aug 13, 2013, 10:14 AM ISTFort Hood, Texas: The trial of a U.S. Army psychiatrist resumed Monday with witness after witness describing how he carried out a shooting massacre that left 13 dead at the Fort Hood military base in
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Woman in US falls to death from world's tallest roller coaster in Texas
World | Jul 20, 2013, 04:03 PM ISTArlington, Texas, Jul 20: A woman riding a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in North Texas died Friday, and witnesses say she fell from a ride that is billed as the tallest
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Texas man executed for killing during 2002 holdup
World | Jul 17, 2013, 07:38 AM ISTHuntsville, Jul 17: A Texas man convicted of a fatal shooting during a robbery more than a decade ago was put to death Tuesday.John Manuel Quintanilla received a lethal injection for gunning down 60-year-old Victor
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Texas woman set to be 500th execution in state
World | Jun 26, 2013, 03:47 PM ISTHuntsville (Texas), Jun 26: Texas, the busiest death penalty state in the U.S., is set to mark a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday with the execution of convicted killer Kimberly McCarthy.If McCarthy is put